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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION A Mughal portrait of the Emperor Akbar...
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
A Mughal portrait of the Emperor Akbar the Great (r. 1556-1605) with his children Jahangir and Prince Murad, Mughal India, late 16th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Akbar stands to left in a white jama with black floral sash, holding his younger son who wears a white and red hat and gold tunic, his older son depicted waving and with a small leopard on a leash, to reverse an identifying inscription in black in Persian and in Devanagari, image 11.2 x 7.2cm.
Provenance: Provenance: The Estate of the late designer Anthony Powell
The scene of this miniature painting is very close to another depicting Akbar holding the infant Jahangir with a minister, attributed to circa 1600-1620 and sold at Sotheby's New York, March 22, 1989, Lot 60.
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